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<p style="max-width:70em !important; margin-bottom:15px;">The undergraduate course coordinator is primarily responsible for planning and facilitating implementation of the curriculum relative to the course assigned. The course coordinator communicates with the undergraduate faculty team members, students, administration, and agency personnel as appropriate to facilitate the effective implementation of the course. The course coordinator must communicate with the assistant dean in the case of any conflict. The assistant dean assigns the role of course coordinator on each respective division.</p>
<p style="max-width:70em !important; margin-bottom:15px;">The undergraduate course coordinator is primarily responsible for planning and facilitating implementation of the curriculum relative to the course assigned. The course coordinator communicates with the undergraduate faculty team members, students, administration, and agency personnel as appropriate to facilitate the effective implementation of the course. The course coordinator must communicate with the assistant dean in the case of any conflict. The assistant dean assigns the role of course coordinator on each respective division.</p>


===Responsibilities of the Course Coordinator include:===
<p><big>'''Responsibilities of the Course Coordinator include:'''</big></p>
====Scheduling Tasks====
===Scheduling Tasks===
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     <li>Scheduling rooms (class, skills labs, simulations, seminars, exams, meetings)</li>
     <li>Scheduling rooms (class, skills labs, simulations, seminars, exams, meetings)</li>
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===Communication===
===Exam Tasks===
<p style="max-width:70em !important; margin-bottom:15px;">The undergraduate course coordinator establishes communication channels within the faculty team to facilitate information exchanges and the development of a positive working environment within the course. They provide information regarding the curriculum, teaching and student issues to the semester coordinator. They assist in planning, presenting and evaluating the orientation activities for new faculty or graduate assistants in relation to the course or clinical area. They attend planning meetings for the semester teaching team. They communicate student’s progress in the course to the appropriate administrators, student services coordinator, the assistant dean and the undergraduate program director. They mentor new team members and/or graduate assistants as needed.</p>
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    <li>Coordinating exam dates across the semester</li>
    <li>Coordinate the development of exam blueprints for faculty and students </li>
    <li>Creation of the course exam</li>
    <li>Coordinate student accommodations</li>
    <li>Provide exam information to each proctor</li>
    <li>Rescheduling of exams</li>
    <li>Coordination of exam review sessions</li>
    <li>Post-exam review with pertinent instructors</li>
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===Grading Tasks===
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    <li>Collaborate with course faculty to ensure course assignments are graded timely </li>
    <li>Ensure final grades are submitted in the grade reporting platform</li>
    <li>Manage midterm down slip notifications and student meetings</li>
    <li>Meet with students at risk.</li>
    <li>Tracking students' success and referring them to resource</li>
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===Course Management Tasks===
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    <li>Complete course syllabus and syllabus addendum updates</li>
    <li>Managing the Canvas course</li>
    <li>Planning, implementing, and monitoring changes that result from the course evaluation </li>
    <li>Complete the end-of-semester review and submit to the staff support of the undergraduate director</li>
    <li>Manage student concerns</li>
    <li>Manage Teams site for student evaluations</li>
    <li>Scheduling course recordings, editing, downloading, posting, and/or emailing to students</li>
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===Evaluation===
===Course Faculty Coordination Tasks===
<p style="max-width:70em !important; margin-bottom:15px;">The course coordinator works with the team members to ensure that examinations are reliable and valid, and serves as a resource in planning academic remediation for individual students as needed. For clinical courses, the coordinator is available to faculty to assist in evaluating the student’s clinical performance and developing plans for improvement if warranted. The course coordinator, in collaboration with the semester coordinator, reviews the student’s academic or clinical performance as requested by the student or faculty. The coordinator may provide counseling to students as requested by students or faculty. They may refer students to other available and appropriate resources for counseling. They work in collaboration with the student services coordinator, the assistant dean and the undergraduate program director. The undergraduate course coordinator, along with the semester coordinator, ensures that agency clinical evaluations are completed and submitted to the Director of the Undergraduate Program’s staff assistant within the timeframe provided.</p>
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    <li>Coordinate meetings with course faculty to ensure consistency and course expectations </li>
    <li>Mentoring and onboarding any new faculty</li>
    <li>Ensure all faculty have access to resources</li>
    <li>Communicate instructor needs for the course to assistant dean</li>
    <li>Communicate regularly with clinical/course faculty to facilitate consistency in grading/ evaluation </li>
    <li>Meet with semester faculty to discuss student or class concerns </li>
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===Resources===
===Additional Clinical Tasks===
<p style="max-width:70em !important; margin-bottom:15px;">The undergraduate course coordinator works with the undergraduate semester coordinator to identify necessary faculty and material resources to effectively implement the course curriculum, and notifies appropriate administrators. The course coordinator works with the appropriate personnel at each division or in Academic Programs to arrange for contracts and agreements with affiliating agencies. </p>
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<!-- <p style="max-width:70em !important; margin-bottom:15px;">** Provide link to Undergraduate Course Coordinator Checklist (under development)</p>-->
    <li>Ensure contracts with clinical facilities are current</li>
    <li>Identify clinical resources for students and faculty</li>
    <li>Communicating with each clinical site</li>
    <li>Revise clinical paperwork</li>
    <li>Provide oversight of clinical GA’s, ensure clinical evaluations and course assignments are graded/signed by clinical faculty</li>
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Latest revision as of 13:38, May 20, 2024

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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER
COLLEGE OF NURSING
Undergraduate Course Coordinator Role Description Subsection: 4.4.2
Section 4.0 - Faculty Policies Originating Date: May 2013
Responsible Reviewing Agency:
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
Executive Council
Revised: May 2016 (changes)
Revised: January 2023 (changes)
Revised: May 2024 (changes)


General Position Description

The undergraduate course coordinator is primarily responsible for planning and facilitating implementation of the curriculum relative to the course assigned. The course coordinator communicates with the undergraduate faculty team members, students, administration, and agency personnel as appropriate to facilitate the effective implementation of the course. The course coordinator must communicate with the assistant dean in the case of any conflict. The assistant dean assigns the role of course coordinator on each respective division.

Responsibilities of the Course Coordinator include:

Scheduling Tasks

  • Scheduling rooms (class, skills labs, simulations, seminars, exams, meetings)
  • IT needs (Zoom and Echo 360)
  • Scheduling faculty (skills lab coverage, lectures, clinical groups)
  • Scheduling guest speakers (invites, logistics, parking)
  • Coordinating and scheduling large-scale clinical activities (IPE, poverty sim, HEROES, QPR, Mental Health First Aid)
  • Scheduling all onboarding and access to all clinical sites
  • Creating and maintaining schedules for clinical sites/units
  • Track student’s absences/rescheduling experiences for absences
  • Make a plan for campus closures

Exam Tasks

  • Coordinating exam dates across the semester
  • Coordinate the development of exam blueprints for faculty and students
  • Creation of the course exam
  • Coordinate student accommodations
  • Provide exam information to each proctor
  • Rescheduling of exams
  • Coordination of exam review sessions
  • Post-exam review with pertinent instructors

Grading Tasks

  • Collaborate with course faculty to ensure course assignments are graded timely
  • Ensure final grades are submitted in the grade reporting platform
  • Manage midterm down slip notifications and student meetings
  • Meet with students at risk.
  • Tracking students' success and referring them to resource

Course Management Tasks

  • Complete course syllabus and syllabus addendum updates
  • Managing the Canvas course
  • Planning, implementing, and monitoring changes that result from the course evaluation
  • Complete the end-of-semester review and submit to the staff support of the undergraduate director
  • Manage student concerns
  • Manage Teams site for student evaluations
  • Scheduling course recordings, editing, downloading, posting, and/or emailing to students

Course Faculty Coordination Tasks

  • Coordinate meetings with course faculty to ensure consistency and course expectations
  • Mentoring and onboarding any new faculty
  • Ensure all faculty have access to resources
  • Communicate instructor needs for the course to assistant dean
  • Communicate regularly with clinical/course faculty to facilitate consistency in grading/ evaluation
  • Meet with semester faculty to discuss student or class concerns

Additional Clinical Tasks

  • Ensure contracts with clinical facilities are current
  • Identify clinical resources for students and faculty
  • Communicating with each clinical site
  • Revise clinical paperwork
  • Provide oversight of clinical GA’s, ensure clinical evaluations and course assignments are graded/signed by clinical faculty